Lot 139 A Chinese blue and white 'Birds Beside the Water' plate

A Chinese blue and white 'Birds Beside the Water' plate

Wanli

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€ 12.000 – € 18.000

O: Diam. 21 cm

(UV-checked)
With normal minor superficial wear and typical spots of glaze loss to the rim. A hairline of ca. 4 cm to the rim, located between 11 and 12 o'clock. A further negligible fleabite to the rim located at 3 o'clock and a small fleabite at ca. 6 o'clock.

A finely potted Kraak plate with the characteristic moulded panelled decoration, painted in soft and darker tones of underglaze cobalt blue. The decoration is executed with a more spontaneous brushwork. The central scene depicts a bird perched on a rock, beside luxuriantly growing bamboo with its tips reaching into ruyi-shaped clouds. To the left, another bird is shown in the water among lotus leaves, with a mountain range in the distance beneath the rising sun. The rim is divided into ten large panels decorated with flowers, water plants, insects, birds, and a frog, separated by narrow, undecorated white sections. The reverse is decorated with alternating large panels of lingzhi and insects, divided by smaller panels containing stylised cloud motifs. The centre bears an egret mark with a slightly open beak.
此件克拉克青花盤胎體精細，採用典型的模印分格開光裝飾，青花濃淡相宜，畫筆較為率意自然。盤心繪花鳥山水圖，一隻禽鳥立於山石之上，旁有修竹茂盛生長，竹梢伸入如意形卷雲之中，左側另繪一隻禽鳥遊於荷葉間的水面，遠處群山連綿，一輪旭日冉冉升起。
口沿分為十組大型開光，內繪花卉、水生植物、昆蟲、禽鳥及青蛙，各組之間以狹長留白相隔。盤背亦作分格裝飾，大型開光內交替繪靈芝與昆蟲，其間的小型開光飾程式化雲紋。底部中央繪鳥喙微張的「白鷺款」。
Provenance:
Marc Michot, Bruges.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above on 23 November 2016 and accompanied by a copy of their certificate of authenticity. (see added scan)